The bowline is an ancient knot. It dates so far back historians can’t even pinpoint who tied it first, but what makes it so impressive is that it’s as important and useful today as it was to mariners, ...

The bowline knot makes a secure loop at the end of a piece ... Additionally, these knots provide a quick and convenient stopper knot to prevent a line sliding out of sight, which can be used ...

There are two basic tie-in knots climbers should be familiar with: The figure-eight follow-through, or “trace eight,” and the double bowline with a back-up. Heather Weidner, pro climber ...

It was the same knot favored by Mancinelli. “It’s easy to tie, and once you can tie a bowline, you’ll find so many uses for it,” she said. The mariners proffered other knots that can be ...

On November 29, Yosemite climbing legend John Long was seriously injured in an accident at a Los Angeles gym when his bowline knot came undone. He fell to the floor, sustaining a compound fracture ...

5. Fling your clubs into a water hazard. Sailing 1. Learn how to tie a bowline; when someone else attempts this knot, snatch the line and snarl, “Not THAT way, you idiot!” 2. Memorize the ...

Pienaar insisted the deck team use a specific type of knot, called a bowline knot. The appeal of this knot is that it is easy to tie and untie. However, there are many different types of bowline ...

The Arctic explorer Sir John Ross brought an Inuit sled back to England. On that sled the rawhide lashing were tied in knot similar to the bowline illustrating that this variant knot’s history does ...

But, still, for decades thiis was the knot climbing pioneers such as Royal Robbins, Tom Frost, Warren Harding et al. used, and used safely. Also in its defense, the double-loop bowline--the only ...

Learn three different ways to tie a bowline, the King of Knots. We will show you how to tie a bowline knot diagram. The bowline (pronounced bo-lin) is the single most important knot for all ...